Am                 F        E
Old Molly Metcalfe counting sheep
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she counted
Am                F         E
Up upon Swaledale steep and bleak
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she said.

Am                     F         E
Grow little sheep come hail come snow
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she counted
Am                   F           E
Fine warm wool for a gentleman's shoulderblades
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she said.

Am                        F          E
Over the heather when the weather is cold
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she counted
Am                   F        E
Stiff Molly Metcalfe goes bow-leggedly
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she said.

Am                      F         E
Grow little sheep, come hail come rain
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she counted
Am                   F      E
Fine warm wool for a lady's counterpane,
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she said.

       Am                       F      E
On her back in the bracken with frozen bones
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she counted
Am                  F        E
Daft Molly Metcalfe sings alone
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she said.

Am                      F          E
Grow little sheep, come death come dark
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she counted
Am               F         E
No such wool for Old Molly Metcalfe,
Am                    E       Am
Yan tan tether mether pip she said.